[acaloiar]

The team's affinity for cryptocurrency projects drives me away personally. If you aren't aware, the Brave team have a "rewards" program where you "earn" their BAT token for viewing ads: https://brave.com/brave-rewards/

I use scare quotes around rewards and earn because those are my trigger words for projects I should walk away from.

[BrendanEich]

That's always been opt-in (off by default), but suit yourself. Just be careful not to leave a false impression that it's opt-out (on by default). People still smear us with this canard.

[smsm42]

You're saying it as if there's something evil in it. What's wrong with paying people who want to see ads for seeing ads? I mean if you personally don't like it, sure, don't do it, but I do not see why you are implying it is something nefarious.

[acaloiar]

I'm saying it as if the cryptocurrency industry has a deservedly poor security and privacy reputation that I don't want anywhere near my browser.